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The Sweet Olympics

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When my special needs son was in kindergarten, I learned that his autism class would be participating in the Special Olympics.  I’m going to be blunt – that freaked me out big time.  I was still coming to terms with the fact that he hadn’t made it to the “mainstream” by kindergarten, which at the time was the end-all-be-all in our world.  We were convinced that if we did all the work and therapy humanly possible during the preschool years, he’d be ready for school.  I never really considered an alternative route, but there he was, in a self-contained special education classroom.   I was still processing my denial, so the timing wasn’t great for someone to suggest that he compete in the Special Olympics.  Yeah, I wasn’t happy. Continue reading The Sweet Olympics

Random May Post

It’s been a while since I’ve written a random post, but the chaos of the last couple of weeks is all the excuse I need.  It’s been very busy in our household, as I’m certain it must me in most of yours, with the end of school fast approaching.  I sometimes feel like I’m on a hamster wheel.  Please tell me I’m not alone.  I literally have so many random thoughts running through my head, none of which would produce a blog length post – and we’ve experienced some fun events of late that I’d like to share.  Ergo – random post.

The Latest on our CPK Odyssey

After the garden planting, Barrett’s Awesome Autism class was invited to visit one of our local CPK restaurants.  His class was given a behind-the-scenes tour of the facility and got to make their own pizzas for lunch.  Barrett had so much fun making his pizza that he just added whatever toppings they brought him.  I knew what was coming, because Bear only likes plain cheese pizza.  Sure enough, once cooked and served, Mom had the task of picking off all the mushrooms, black olives and pepperoni.  CPK’s generosity seems endless, because they also fed the mothers, the teachers and the bus driver.  Additionally, the class was presented with their own CPK chef uniform – each one embroidered with the student’s name on the chest.  How cool is that?  As if that weren’t enough, the boys were invited back to do it all again when school starts in the fall!  Wow.

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Lise & Tony

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A few weeks ago we hosted the wedding of one of our closest friends, Auntie Lise. When I say “hosted,” we merely provided the venue, Lise and her groom, Tony, were the true hosts (as in paying for the shindig) – and her sister Jackie was the event planner extraordinaire. It was a beautiful day, filled with love and happiness. My wheels were turning and my fingers were twitching, because I wanted to share the day with all my readers. Lucky for me, Lise readily agreed. Continue reading Lise & Tony

CPK Update

This is a quick post.  I want to update you on the latest regarding CPK and the garden,  as I have friends sharing it on Facebook – with links to this blog!  I promise to give more details and post pictures very soon!

Yesterday, despite the rain, we had the dedication ceremony for the new garden at Liberty Middle School.  It was  a rainy Earth Day, but it all worked out.

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